GARELOCH VIEW LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

SC401711 · ltd · incorporated 2011-06-14

Investment thesis

Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.

Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.

Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Steady and stalled — no momentum either way. Needs an approach trigger.

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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year to Jun 2025

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Sector: Real estate

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

99999SIC 99999

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

4 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

41 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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Net Worth

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Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-06-30	2024-06-30

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand

2026-02-19
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accounts · AA
2025-03-05
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accounts · AA
2024-03-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-03
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gazette · DISS40
2023-06-02
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accounts · AA
2023-06-02
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officers · CH01
2023-06-02
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address · AD01
2023-05-30
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gazette · GAZ1
2022-09-07
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gazette · DISS40
2022-09-06
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-08-30
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gazette · GAZ1
2022-03-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-02
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-03-11
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accounts · AA
2019-06-13
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address · AD01
2019-03-18
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accounts · AA
2018-03-12
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2011-06-14
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Company incorporated
As GARELOCH VIEW LIMITED
2011-06-14
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GRAHAM, Robert Frank appointed
director

Owner dependency

100/100

Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS

+Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.
+No director turnover: Company is 15 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

98/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 15 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

clean

No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Robert Frank Graham Individual · British · DOB 02/1952 · age 74	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	20/06/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2011-06-14

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Registered office

Taylor’S

37 Argyll Street

Dunoon

PA23 7HG

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-06-28

Last: 2025-06-14

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

GRAHAM, Robert Frank→

director · ~74y · appointed 2011-06-14

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Active

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Recent filings (41 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2026-02-19

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-06-20

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2025-03-05

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-06-28

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2024-03-26

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-06-16

gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date

gazette · DISS40

2023-06-03

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2023-06-02

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2023-06-02

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2023-06-02

gazette-notice-compulsory

gazette · GAZ1

2023-05-30

gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date

gazette · DISS40

2022-09-07

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-09-06

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2022-09-06

gazette-notice-compulsory

gazette · GAZ1

2022-08-30